Cheech and Chong have clearly won. Last week’s announcement by the Obama administration that the U.S. government will allow states to legalize marijuana shows that the expensive, damaging and useless century-old war on pot is coming to an end.

One thing that would further hasten the movement toward a more enlightened approach to cannabis would be for prosecutors to continue to fully enforce the laws. Nothing kills a lousy law quicker than enforcing it, where its unjust character will be exposed by the court.

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